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(satellite adjective) deficient in beauty; "ugly gray slums" |
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(adjective) displeasing to the senses and morally revolting; "an ugly face"; "ugly furniture"; "war is ugly" |
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Antonyms: beautiful |
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(satellite adjective) morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them" |
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Synonyms: despicable, unworthy, vile |
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(satellite adjective) inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace; "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind" |
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Synonyms: surly |
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(satellite adjective) provoking horror; "an atrocious automobile accident"; "a frightful crime of decapitation"; "an alarming, even horrifying, picture"; "war is beyond all words horrible"- Winston Churchill; "an ugly wound" |
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Synonyms: atrocious, frightful, horrible, horrifying |
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(satellite adjective) threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments; "a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent"; "sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the situation became ugly" |
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Synonyms: baleful, forbidding, menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous, sinister, threatening |
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